Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1243 EAT on Tuesday 19 May 2026 The head of Starbucks Korea has been dismissed following a marketing campaign that evoked a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, triggering widespread public outrage and drawing criticism from South Korea’s president. Starbucks Korea said on Tuesday that CEO Son Jung-hyun had…

Country long hailed as a pandemic success story reports more than 621,000 cases and 429 deaths. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1058 EAT 0n Thursday 17/03/2022. South Korea has reported new daily records for coronavirus cases and deaths as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly across the country. The Korea Disease Control and…